Pandalam Sudhakaran is an Indian politician married to Ajitha Sudhakaran. He is the son of the late Kochadichan.

He was elected member of the legislative assembly (1982–1996) from Wandoor

Wandoor

Wandoor is a small town in Malppuram district of Kerala, India at. It is located near to Manjeri.The town is fast growing thanks to hundreds of NRIs...

 and was also Kerala state's minister from 1991 to 1995 and Minister for Excise and welfare of backward and scheduled communities from 1995 to 1996.

Political positions held

• 1978 - 1982 Kerala Students Union
  Kerala Students Union
  Kerala Students Union is the Kerala branch of the National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Indian National Congress. KSU was founded on May 30, 1957 in Alappuzha.-About KSU:...
  
   Vice President,General Secretary

• 1982 - 1989 Youth Congress
  Indian Youth Congress
  The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. As of 2006, the Indian Youth Congress has over 245,00,000 members across India, the largest democratic youth organisation in the world....
  
   Vice President, General Secretary

• 1982 - 1996 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly
  Kerala Legislative Assembly
  The Kerala Legislative Assembly more popularly known as Niyamasabha , is the law making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community...
  
   (Wandoor)

• 1989 - 1992 Youth Congress State President

• 1987 - 1991 Whip, Congress Legislative Party

• 1991 - 1996 Minister for Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, Sports and Youth Affairs, CADA in K. Karunakaran Govt

• 1995 - 1996 Minister Excise and Sc/ST, Backward Community in A K Antony Govt

He was a member of the Gandhiji University Syndicate, Calicut University Senate, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress - the world's largest political organization -working in the state of Kerala. Its head office is situated at Trivandrum ....

 (KPCC) executive, AICC,Trivandrum Doordarshan Kendra Advisory Board. He was a Jury member of Kerala state film award committee. He was director of Kerala State Film Development Corporation

Kerala State Film Development Corporation

Kerala State Film Development Corporation is a organization founded by the Government of Kerala for promoting film making in the state of Kerala, India. It was founded in the year 1975, an era when production of Malayalam film was based in Chennai. KSFDC was formed with a purpose of moving the...

. KPCC

KPCC

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 General Secretary, Chairman Kerala Tourism Development Corporation

Kerala Tourism Development Corporation

The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation is a public sector undertaking that conducts and regulates the tourism activities of the Indian state of Kerala. The KTDC is headquartered at Thiruvanathapuram and has offices across all the districts of Kerala. The agency also operates hotels, resorts,...

(KTDC), Director of JaiHind TV

JaiHind TV

Jaihind TV is a Malayalam channel , based in Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala. It was launched on August 17 , 2007 in Delhi by Indian National Congress President and UPA chairperson Smt.Sonia Gandhi....

, and Vice Chairman of the Malayalam Cine technicians Association(MACTA)

Other than being a politician, he is also a Poet and has published a book named "Snehapoorvam", or Cine Lyricist, which contains lyrics from more than 20 malayalam movies

Malayalam cinema

The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...

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